List of South Bend Mayors
William G. George
Republican
1865-1868
Dr. Louis Humphreys
Republican
1868-1872
William Miller
Republican
1872-1876
A.N. Thomas
Republican
1876-1878
Lucius G. Tong
Republican
1878-1880
Dr. Levi J. Ham
Democrat
1880-1884
George W. Loughman
Republican
1884-1888
William H. Longley
Democrat
1888-1892
David R. Leeper
Democrat
1892-1894
D.B.J. Schafer
Republican
1894-1898
Schuyler Colfax, Jr.
Republican
1898-1902
Edward J. Fogarty
Democrat
1902-1910
Charles L. Goetz
Democrat
1910-1914
Fred W. Keller
Independent
1914-1918
Dr. Franklin R. Carson
Republican
1918-1922
Eli F. Seebirt
Republican
1922-1926
Chester R. Montgomery
Democrat
1926-1930
William Riley Hinkle
Democrat
1930-1935
George W. Freyermuth
Republican
1935-1938
Jesse I. Pavey
Democrat
1938-1945
F. Kenneth Dempsey
Democrat
1945-1947
George A. Schock
Democrat
1947-1952
John A. Scott
Republican
1952-1956
Edward F. Voorde
Democrat
1956-1960
Frank J. Bruggner
Democrat
1960-1964
Lloyd M. Allen
Republican
1964-1972
Jerry Miller
Democrat
1972-1976
Peter Nemeth
Democrat
1976-1980
Roger Parent
Democrat
1980-1988
Joseph E. Kernan
Democrat
1988-1996
*Later became Indiana Governor
Stephen J. Luecke
Democrat
1999-2012
Pete Buttigieg
(pronounced ‘Budda judge’)
Democrat
2012-2020
James Mueller
Democrat
2020-current
